. Electric railway journal . ^OMW Converters S30O0 ira/t Aluminum TransmissionLine equivalent to No4 a&5Coppert200 Volt Woit 4/0 3&S Tro/leys - Double Trolley fed fromWashington Ro>!*ay d Electric Co. Treasury Building. Washington. Change to 1200 Volts on W., B. & A.—General DistributionDiagram when Operating with 1200 Volts D. C. of galvanized iron. In accomplishing this it was, of course de-sirable to have the set out of service the shortest possible after preparations were completed, in the early morning, the. Change to 1200 Volts on W., B. & A.—Interior View of theT
. Electric railway journal . ^OMW Converters S30O0 ira/t Aluminum TransmissionLine equivalent to No4 a&5Coppert200 Volt Woit 4/0 3&S Tro/leys - Double Trolley fed fromWashington Ro>!*ay d Electric Co. Treasury Building. Washington. Change to 1200 Volts on W., B. & A.—General DistributionDiagram when Operating with 1200 Volts D. C. of galvanized iron. In accomplishing this it was, of course de-sirable to have the set out of service the shortest possible after preparations were completed, in the early morning, the. Change to 1200 Volts on W., B. & A.—Interior View of theTemporary Substation at the Naval Academy Junction,Showing Installation of the Motor-GeneratorSets, Transformers and Controller Panels set was jacked up by means of four 20-ton jacks, rollers wereplaced underneath, and il was pulled into position in the tempo-rary substation by means of a block and tackle. The switch- 394 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXV. No. 10. board panel and other necessary apparatus were also transferredand installed. At midday the installation was complete and theset was then started up and operated in multiple with the set inthe substation for two days as an assurance that the temporaryinstallation would afford reliable service. Then the second set so that the cars might be tested out and the car crews broken plan was followed because the company wished to besure that the car crews would handle the cars under the newsystem with as great dispatch as under the old, and would haveno difficul
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